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Chapter 500 Edo Castle Treaty and Yokohama Trading Company
The small fishing village of Yokohama, which was ceded to the Kyushu Army by the shogunate earlier in the Black Ship incident, has now become one of the two most important ports of the Kyushu Army in the East Kingdom. One is Nagasaki Port in Kansai, and the other is The newly emerging Yokohama Port in Kanto.

Originally, Yokohama Port had more than 1000 garrison forces, and then Zheng Zhilong led an expeditionary force of [-] to help the shogunate forces break out of Edo Castle.After forcing back the Allied Forces, Zheng Zhilong and the Tokugawa Shogunate signed the "Treaty of Edo Castle", which was called a treaty of equality.

The Tokugawa shogunate's bargaining with the Kyushu Army was all rejected by Zheng Zhilong, and they didn't even need to report to Chu Yun, because this was a bottom line issue.Without the assistance of the Kyushu Army, the Tokugawa Shogunate, which may be overthrown by the Allied Forces at any time, had to smash its teeth and swallow it in its stomach, and finally agreed to the three conditions of the Kyushu Army.One is the monopoly of railways, one is free trade, and the other is free education.The price paid by the Kyushu Army is two batches of firearms, one batch is [-] "advanced" muskets and [-] cannons, and the other batch of firearms will be completed within three years. In addition, the Kyushu Army should send instructors to help The shogunate trains a new army.

Before helping the Tokugawa shogunate gain a firm foothold, an expedition team of 4000 people led by Zheng Zhilong was stationed in Musashi, not far from Edo Castle. It is the uncle soldier who was confessed.Edo City still relies on them to deter the fallen coalition forces. If the service is not good enough, what will happen to these big soldiers from China, leaving them alone and returning to China?What will they use to deal with the next round of siege of Edo Castle by the Fallen Allied Forces?
In the Port of Yokohama, a cargo ship from Dalian Port was ushered in. This was part of the first batch of arms to aid the Tokugawa Shogunate.

"Be careful, it's full of black powder. Do you know what black powder is?" The captain of the cargo ship instructed the crew and sailors to unload boxes of ammunition made of black powder.

Several large ships stayed in the port of Yokohama, which was nothing in front of the warships of the Beiyang Fleet showing off their might, but now the workers at the port of Yokohama are busy unloading the ships, and even the former fishermen in the port of Yokohama are attracted.

"The Kyushu army is really impressive, and a few more big ships came. I heard that they brought boxes of iron cannons to send to the shogunate to destroy the rebels. The rebels were about to take down Edo Castle at that time, if it wasn't for Kyushu The military sent thousands of people to help, and Edo Castle has already been captured by the rebels!" Among the former fishermen, Tian Cun, a fisherman, happily told them that he didn't know where he got the gossip, and a group of former fishermen surrounded him with relish. Listen to him.

Because of the arrival of the Kyushu Army, their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes, and they no longer have to go out to fish in the wind and sun like before.The first thing the Kyushu Army did when they entered Yokohama Village was to buy all the land of these original villagers with silver taels, and then send them to the edge of Yokohama Port.These original villagers used these silver taels as the principal and played the role of middlemen, and they managed to get along well.So the Yokohama Trading Company was simply established, funded by the aborigines of Yokohama Port, and Tamura was a very high-ranking Japanese businessman in it.

"In the past, the shogunate swept the Kansai army in the Battle of Guanyuan and made the Kansai daimyo surrender. How come they have been beaten to the foot of Edo by the Kansai rebels in less than 30 or [-] years?" A person who has heard of Tokugawa Ieyasu asked the fisherman of deeds.

"This is the father and son of the tiger. Now it is the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. That guy can tell at a glance that he is a wimp, and he can't even beat the rebels in Kansai. If it wasn't for Huaxia as the suzerain state, he helped him. , he set himself on fire with Edo Castle long ago." Tamura continued.

If the current shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu was present and heard what Tamura said, he would definitely beat him to death.Although he is not as good at forbearance as that old fox of Tokugawa Ieyasu, but he is not bad. When did he become a wimp?If it wasn't for the Kyushu Army who turned out, would he be like this now?
"This kind of wretch used to control us, so it would be better to be controlled by the Kyushu Army. Seeing that we can all wear silk now, it used to be coarse cloth." Said a fisherman who got rich in these few trades.

"Yamamoto is right. The whole island is at war. Only our Yokohama village has not been attacked. Why? Isn't it because the Kyushu Army and their fleet are stationed here? And besides our Yokohama village Fishermen and rioters from other places are not allowed to enter Yokohama Village for a period of time. I heard that there are still people who want to sneak into our Yokohama for refuge, but they are intercepted by the Kyushu Army at sea. Do they think they can be as lucky as our Yokohama Village? Pooh, this Huaxia identity certificate is the only one for our fishermen in Yokohama Village." Fisherman Tamura said proudly.

The most important thing is that the fishermen in other Yokohama villages listened to Tamura's instigation, and even nodded frequently to express their approval.

"After I came back from Edo Castle, I thought about it for a long time. I think our Yokohama trading company needs to rely on Kyushu Army and Huaxia merchants to develop and grow. I heard that they have a merchant group called the Far East Trading Company. They are all the richest businessmen in China, and the silver that anyone can take out can fill up our port. Why don't we find a way to join this Far East Trading Company and make a fortune together in the future." Fisherman Tamura urged.

"Tamura-kun, the Far East Trading Company you mentioned is only qualified to join the top businessmen in China. Will small businessmen in a small place like us take it seriously?" the president of the Yokohama Trading Company hesitated. asked.

"If we request to join as an individual, they won't even look at us, but we can apply to join as a Yokohama trading company, and let the Kyushu Army also have a part of our trading company, so they won't Support us? Helping us is helping themselves!" Tamura said.

"Tamura-kun, you are such a genius!" The president of the Yokohama Trading Company thought about it carefully, and it was really feasible.

The Kyushu Army lacks agents in Dongying Kingdom.It turned out that the Shimadzu family, which helped the Kyushu Army dump Chinese goods in the Dongying country market, became the main force of the allied forces, so the trade with the Kyushu Army decreased. The Kyushu Army should also be looking for new agents.

"It's better for you, Mr. Tamura, to negotiate with the businessmen from China. If you succeed in joining the Far East Trading Company, we will appoint you as the vice president of the Yokohama Trading Company." A group of fishermen in Yokohama Village said one after another.

"Then I'll give it a try." Tamura was quite excited when he heard that he had the opportunity to become the vice president.

(End of this chapter)